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ENGINEERING
REVIEW CASE STUDY
North Pacific Industrial Coatings
reduces energy costs and lowers
emissions with ELGi
The company replaced two previous-generation air compressors with one variable-speed ELGiEG200V-125,
potentially saving 100,000 kW of electricity per year.
LGi North America, a subsidiary of compressed air for the company and structures, staircases, and more. The
of ELGi Equipments Limited, potentially save 100,000 kW per year. company had been using two 200 hp
Eone of the world’s leading air rotary screw air compressors. Their old
compressor manufacturers, announced The Problem age had become a factor — frequent
that North Pacific Industrial Coatings Coatings worked with ELGi distributor breakdowns were resulting in expensive
(Coatings), a Kent, Washington-based Evergreen Compressed Air (Evergreen), service bills and halted production,
commercial painting company, selected based in Renton, to analyze its air which decreased the company’s
an EG200V-125 to support its blasting compressor operations that support the operational uptime. Additionally, their
and painting operations. The new ELGi heat and sandblasting of steel that is older and less efficient design was
compressor will provide a reliable source used in prefab construction, mezzanine contributing to high energy bills.
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